germany's defense minister has asked the u.s. not to bring home too many troops from afghanistan when the drawdown planned for this summer begins. he conveyed germany's concerns that talks in washington with his u.s. counterpart, robert gates. german troops in northern afghanistan rely had heavily on u.s. army support. he said that a rapid pullout of u.s. personnel could undermine blic support in europe for the mission there. in the united states, more than 200 people are dead after a monster storm unleashed tornadoes across much of the south. the death toll is the highest from tornadoes in the country in almost half a century. neighborhoods, businesses were flattened in states stretching from arkansas to virginia. the winds ripped off the roof at this scrap metal yard. this footage was filmed from the relative setyof a car. 100 climter an hour winds whipped through the university town of tuscaloosa. the mayor said the storm wiped up block upon block of houses. tuscaloosas in a state of alabama which bore the brunt of the storm,

talks on the gulf unclad submarine deal stalled last year after germany declined to sign off on it. netanyahuas also been seeking germany by the guarantee it will not back any unilateral palestinian declaration of independence expected to be announced in september. >> there was tight security for netanyahu got to visit to berlin. the israeli prime minister is in the german capital partly to try to counter palestinian efforts to garner european support for a unilateral declaration of statehood for the west bank, a move that chancellor angela merkel also disagrees with. >> germany's support a two-state solution, a jewish state, israel, and a palestinian state. unilateral recognition would not contribute at all to this objective, which i consider essential. >> a resurgence in violence between israelis and palestinians has worsened the situation in recent weeks. germany has repeatedly called for israel to rethink its settlement policy on the west bank, and in berlin on thursday, netanyahu gave some cause to hope for movement in negotiations. >> the issue of the settlements -- while a co

the rises linked to the economic upswing in germany. the steel industry, a big coal burner, boosted production. germany does remain within the limit set by the kyoto protocol. >> to belarus now. authorities have made a number of arrests in connection with the bomb attack in the capital. 12 people were killed and more than 200 were injured in the bombing. officials say they are still looking for more suspects. >> people are trying to come to terms with what happened at the subway station. many have laid flowers and candles in respect. >> it is a real tragedy. >> we never thought anything like this would ever happen here. now we are not so safe. >> this was the train station shortly after the explosion. it is unclear who planted the bomb. authorities say they have detained several people in connection with the attack. the president has vowed to bring those responsible to justice. >> we have to solve this crime as it is possible. we have to find those responsible. >> miller is is a police state and security is always tight. the authorities

the rest of germany has some catching up to do. in 2010, renewable only made of of the country's energy production, with 60% coming from fossiluels. the remaining 23% coming from nuclear power plants. germany's government wants to rn this around by 2030 with at least 66% coming from green energy and onlyy 34% from fossil fuels. by that time, nuclear energ= would be phased out. some big problems due to be solved on the way. first, wind and sunshihine a not always available. that means that eveven sometimes they need power from the bread. to avoid this, at the town needs an energy storage facility. germany needs to build more, too. it is short of storage plants. when demand goes up, the water is channel wn prue -- to gegenera fresh power. it is a proventechnology, but experts say it is not enonough. >> we also need to invest in new storage technologies. that means research into decentralized storage systems that will help optimize renewable power generation. what the second big problem is the power lines. the federal government is pu

germany is still holding back. the disagreement in the alliance means nato officials face a difficult balancing act. >> this is a clear calof our operation to protect civilians in libya. i fully agree that there is no military solution solely to the problems in libya. >> but all sides are keen to stress that they ultimately share the same goals and have endorse the statement calling for the removal of colonel gaddafi. >> we are doing our part. some contribute militarily. others, like us, focus more on the civilian side so that libya can have a free and good future. >> for the moment, nato's role in libya is l limit to aerial support. allied fighter jets hit targets 40 miles south of tripoli. gaddafi remains alive -- gaddafi . >> we see the first day of the nato meeting here in berlin wrapped up. did the foreign ministers reach someme sorof agreement? >> yes, they have. of course, it is a fairly modest one, which is typical of nato, because it has to agree by consensus. in a statement today, he emphasized that the a

the ten year bonds in germany is about three point five percent also germany has not enough means all right. germany is a success story at the moment you're there at the moment and you are talking about the stronger economies being asked to bail out the weaker ones do you think germany would actually like to see itself extricated from the eurozone could this be the start of the end of the eurozone do you think. if germany does pull out this is the end of the euro but here are some experts in german who said this is the only way how it can work because if germany is pulling out the debts of the other ones in the remaining eurozone then it will be devalue it and this is what they really need need evaluated debt or haircuts but on the other we're on the other hand you have of course the political will you have a grassroots for example you have the e.u. doesn't want this because the euro feel fails. rule lee's rules its power and this of course they want to prohibit and not to be happen at any cost and we will see how long this will last year some people who are telling me they're. the eu

this is from the germany association of german and water industries. this same pattern we are seeing in germany will occur in the united states. american states that declare themselves nuclear free, whether california or elsewhere and shut down the nuclear plants will have to have power shipped in from neighboring states. it's an energy shell game and not hide america's growing need for affordable domestic energy to power our economy. let us not jump to conclusions. let's work together to make america's energy as clean as we can without raising prices and

germany played aggressive hockey from the start and it paid off.the team was given some added confidence by an early score. they would not be intimidated by their powerful opponents. the goalie was nothing less than superb handling 31 shots on goal. he was later named match -- man of the match. there was a late goal which sealed the deal for a 2-0 victory. germany will not play slovakia. -- will now play slovakia. >> the honeymoon can now began. william and kate tied at the not at westminster abbey. the mo important wedding in britain in more than 30 years. there seems to be more to this wedding than just pomp and ceremony. this was also a very private event made transparent for all of the world. that was exactly what the royals in britain needed. william and kate have come to represent a new start for the blue bloods. that after the many ups and downs of recent years. we would like to take you through the highlights of the day once again starting off wh the mome tt eryon was waiting for, the newlyweds first public kiss. >> it is the world was wait

regarding germany i don't you know over the past five hundred years it's been a roller coaster of the relationship has no yes from the early settlements here in moscow where peter the grades who open the russia basically to europe and catherine the great as well the german princes being the emperors of rush or the relations between russia and germany i think have been always excellence apart from some areas where we will we did not but other than that sorry i think they're almost like two million germans living in russia before the revolution yes i'll try to get them off the delusional cause it went down but now and now a days after the solid empire fell it's going up and up again i was never like this he's going to enjoy it here in moscow but there it is it's like there's no special draw on the negativity just the embassy is very active organizing cultural cultural programs is like a month lupul wilson where you can draw and they take you to be stand in bunker and take on sky or to organize a christmas market for example the woman in the very act of the room ball sold the gold there

some citizens will be allowed to work in germany. cross-border labor restrictions were put into place in 2004 when poor countries joined the eu, and that was to protect german labor workers from being undercut by cheaper labor. they have been catching up, and it is no longer as common. even so, some in germany still fear for their jobs. >> a german city located on the west bank of the river, just across from a polish city. soon, many polls could be crossing the border to look for work. -- many poles could be crossing the border. >> i am an electrician, and i will be looking in germany. >> it is difficult. i have already worked in england, and i hope it is easy to find something in germany. >> those who do find work here will come under german labor laws and agreements, entitling them to benefits like minimum wages, regulated working hours, and paid holidays. on may 1, a german labor markets will open to citizens that join the eu in 2004 -- on may 1, german labor market will open. citizens will no longer need a special work permit for

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thirty six of germany's most popular and read these can be found here in pretty directly from european birds. the german historical it's cheek is an organization in moscow supported by the ministry of education and science in germany such institutes also exist in london paris washington and other cities worldwide one of the main aims of establishments in moscow is further research into russian german history it was a specializes in cooperation between young scientists from the two countries and supports joint projects in various studies and publishing to fans of the old pick we have a library here which opened in two thousand and five unearth there are thirty thousand students archive if we don't have any fiction books most of our visitors are people who study history and signs properly and we can provide material being used for the research and work. the people of various confessions the places to gather and worship the first lutherans came to the russian capital in the sixteenth century and many of them were german crossman and merchants they started a church here and by the beginnin

he grew up in the former east germany.as a musician, a trombone player, he followed his own path even then. now he is 67 and he receives a state pension, but he wants to keep working. that is becoming increasingly uncommon. pensioners like him look for something to do to keep active. in his case, he does concert and studio work and composes music. >> if i had to live off of my pension, then things would be pretty sad. i paid in for 40 years and i was never that poorly off, but what i get now just covers the rent on my apartment. ♪ >> conrad and his colleagues do not work for a largegeompany that can offer them support. there is no one to encourage them to take care of themselves cunha when despite their rage they have to get up and perform -- to take care of themselves. despite their age they have to get up and perform ha to take care of themselves. >> it would not be as much fun, especially not being able to play anymore. it would be terrible, enough to make you sick. now have to keep on playing until i drop. >> but not a

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after the break i'll explain how democratic socialism is like in sweden and germany and show us about the economic recovery in america. you know sometimes you see the story. you think you understand it and then something else some other part of it and realized every. hour is a. crazy alert and you know that f.d.r. not only won world war two beat back the great depression and built the middle class america but he also brought. to the united states you know that maybe you should listen to republican congressman paul brown who took the house floor earlier this week to. other republican colleagues just that. this big welfare system in this country it all started in earnest with president woodrow wilson when franklin delano roosevelt president franklin delano roosevelt just exploded the size and scope of government through his new deal both progressives both has socialist beliefs fact franklin delano roosevelt said his advisers his close help friends his cabinet people to go his it was stalin economists russia. just tell you what he was doing was stalin was doing they are so that f.d.r. co

box -- in germany, an end to war and nuclear power. in syria, tanks are on the streets in what appears to be a major government crackdown on protesters. witnesses in one city say that soldiers are firing indiscriminately at people. the u.s. has called the move deplorable and is threatening sanctions against syria. there is the epicenter of the crackdown, and 5000 troops have reportedly been deployed in the city. in two other cities, there are reports of security forces storming home and shooting people. >> there was little anti- government protesters could do as the regime tanks came in. overnight, the syrian army took control for demonstrations. the regime appears determined to crush the uprising. around 3000 troops are reported to have entered. soldiers are said to be targeting civilians. witnesses described the violence. >> they killed them. my family is dying. bodies were on the ground. my family is dying. >> snipers are everywhere. whoever looks out the window is shot. they can do what they want. they are simply ignoring the rule

media reports say germany's leading economic institutes revised their 2011 growth forecast output. the forecast due t come out ursday cncides with the economic industry showing industry orders soaring. >> the economic institute spring forecast makes for heartening reading. after sifting through data from the first quarter, the researchers agreed that german economic output this year will far outstrip previous expectations. in october they expected just under 2% g.d.p. brother this year. the spring forecast raises that figure to almost 3%. the upward revision comes on the heels of news that industrial orders are up sharply in february the growth in orders was fourfd what analts had been expected. they jumped by 2.4% from the previous month. and the labor market is poised to benefit as well. the institutes expect the economy to add another 300,000 jobs this year. >> germany's bank is planning to release itself from the shackles of state control earlier than expected. the second biggest bank in germany is expected to pay back most of the rescue funds is received by june. berlin has be

germany did offer to take 100 refugees coming from all the as a token, but they said we're not taking economic migrants taking advantage of the situation in north africa. >> thank you for joining us. we leave you with the latest news headlines.

he grew up in the former east germany. as a musician, a trombone player, he followed his own path even then. now he is 67 and he receives a state pension, but he wants to keep working. that is becoming increasingly uncommon. pensioners like him look for something to do to keep active. in his case, he does concert and studio work and composes music. >> if i had to live off of my pension, then things would be pretty sad. i paid in for 40 years and i was never that poorly off, but what i get now just covers the rent on my apartment. ♪ >> conrad and his colleagues do not work for a large company that can offer them support. there is no one to encourage them to take care of themselves cunha when despite their rage they have to get up and perform -- to take care of themselves. despite their age they have to get up and perform ha to take care of themselves. >> it would not be as much fun, especially not being able to play anymore. it would be terrible, enough to make you sick. now have to keep on playing until i drop. >> but not

is the same thing with germany. the difference is the american companies did not going to japan and germany and takeover the economy. we let them build their own economies. it is different with latin america. american companies go in and take over the economy's. the free-trade agreements, we need to call our congresspersons and tell them not to sign the agreements. we know they are bad for the working people over there, the labor unions. it is not just mexico and central america. this is what other countries do not like us much. we do not use our technology to help them. we just want to take over their economies. this is wrong. part of the free trade agreements is that we send american jobs overseas, as we know. in addition to attacking immigrants with the conservatives have done in this country, now they are going after teachers. we saw what is going on in wisconsin. they're going after the pension plans of public servants. when you are of the table and negotiating for your workers and negotiate a medical or pensio

to form the cloud over denko makes on the second quarter final of the year in germany. and it is a bird is it a plane no it's for a russian national skydiving team became charged with dragon when junkies walk up gold this summer. all summer for real madrid have both been charged by the way for concerning incidents in that bad tempered champions league clash on wednesday what also won that game you know it's the team's second half goals finally are messy however the all classico was once again proved to be dominated by it being a bad tempered affair with regard to steve over have paid and received was a harsh red card for a challenge on danielle there's no real head coach or somebody you know was sent to the stands for protesting that decision. it seems tobe the special one has long been self even more trouble but these comments. before this. power come from their power should be football power they obviously hardly and they should win with their football power but what is this fool what fool i don't understand it must have a different taste to win this way it really mus

regarding germany and russia you know over the past five hundred years it's been a roller coaster of a relationship has no yes from the early second months here in moscow where peter the grades who open the russia are basically through you're all right oh and catherine the great is while the german princes being the emperor is a rusher the relations between russia and germany things have been always excellent apart from some areas where we did not but other than that sorry i think there are there almost like two million germans living in russia before the revolution yes i've joined it then after the illusion of cause it went down but now and now a days after the leave the soviet empire fell into going up and up again i'm not sure makes if he's going to enjoy it here in moscow until it is it's like there's no special drum and i've tried to do so again this is very active of organizing cultural cultural programs there's like a month to call votes and where you can draw and they take you to be standing by incurring the guns or they organize a christmas market for example the women the v

in germany, the pro-business fdp party is looking for young people and one person is seeking to fill the role -- that is philipp rosler, the current german health minister. but he has his eye on the job as the next fdp party leader. >> philipp rosler faces a difficult task of leading a fdp out of crisis. if elected, he would be and as leader of the party. he is said to replace the man stepping down after 10 years in the post. for many, the fdp has become identified with its goal of lowering taxes. >> credibility on policy issues does not mean we have to create a new program. credibility means -- credibility means we should trust our liberal values. >> he took over as health minister in october of 2009 and failed to deliver on promised reforms. but his image has grown within the party and he is seen as a leader for the future. philipp rosler announced his candidacy after days of wrangling within the party. for now, the only changes at the top. >> the opposition is wrong if they think the fdp has been weakened. we will regrowur principles and regain trust. >> the opposition says it's n

you least the poor at least four countries west germany they have the same approach to the such kind of summits some may say in one way or another showing to the un. how they all i mean but also preciously really are not only you know on the paper are ready to hear it on the paper but they are openly demonstrate that the their position on such important question from young political analyst thank you you thank. well and nato officials are now meeting in. growing discontent and infighting within the alliance over the campaign in libya members disagree on what contribution each state needs to make with only six out of the twenty eight involved conducting air strikes the u.k. and france are calling on other countries to increase military pressure on colonel moammar gadhafi airstrikes began last month following the un's decision to allow an enforcement off a no fly zone in order to protect civilians but many analysts believe the ultimate goal of your permission is control of the libyan politics and. we can't rule out troops on the ground at this point the problem is is the western nation

unless, that is, the rest of the euro zone, led by germany, takes the kind of substantive measures thathey have so far failed to do to restore confidence. >> robert, our business editor reporting. now, the vessel for -- the battle for power for ivory coast. the forces of alassane ouattara have attacked the home of laurent gbagbo, the man refusing to make way for him. talks broke down. french forces are said to have been involved in a fire fight with forces of laurent gbagbo as they tried to get him from the embassy. daniel griffith reports. >> on the road to abidjan, and war. cease-fire talks have failed. now alassane ouattara's soldiers try once more to remove laurent gbagbo. along the way, signs of the conflict. mr. gbagbo refuses to go quietly. this war still far from over. mr. gbagbo is thought to be hiding in a bunker in his presidential palace in the heart of the city. >> i'm not a kamikaze. i love life. i love life. no, no, no. i do not seek death. it is not my goal here to die. >> u.n. and french peace keepers are on the streets. small comfort for the people of abidjan. more tha

germany made a bid for world supremacy.ing like the dress rehearsal. this was offset in class consciousness of german workers. during -- goering told officers at nuremberg that americans were making a blunder about morals. you think it is enough to arrest nazis and introduce democracy overnight? do you think they are less not see because they have been adopted christian parties? the nationalist socialist party is banned. what else is left for them? they hide behind decreased surpluses. such a strong, a dangerous trend, which permits -- which permeates the federal atmosphere. president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, board of supervisors. my name is still see more. i work for tenderloin walking tours. i spend a lot of my days in the san francisco public library. recently, because of the anniversary, i have been doing research on the earthquake of 06. as we all know, the earthquake did not do the major damage to our great city. it was the fire. right now, we have a situation where the city itself is calling

in the second world war, when america fought nazi germany, america was a liberator, and also, with the communist america has regimes, been a force for freedom, individual freedom, and very much a mired, and even germany, after the collapse of the regime, america has been very supportive, not making the mistakes of the first world war, imposing rather harsh terms of punishment, and germany became one of the most faithful allies. aboutce we're talking being a liberator versus an occupier, and since you mentioned a minute ago that you were very outspoken and very critical of george w. bush, i am wondering where the spread of democracy is concerned, how you would assess president obama. he has been sending more troops to afghanistan, pakistan, etc., and even more aggressive than george bush, who you were very critical of, so i am interested in that. >> let me leave afghanistan out of it, but when you take the arab revolutionary ways, i think that the way he handled it was absolutely the right way, and even in regards to iran, which is a very koran this regime, he was, in my opinion, right

in germany car shares are high after a new car registrations rose in march here in germany and for.ussian markets also trading in the black gaining pace actually on this positive movement to seeing my six getting one point seven percent the r.t.s. one hundred percent safe look at them individually stocks. energy shares are gaining the most from last navigating almost walker said that's on reports that its managed to consolidate nine and a half percent of its stock within one of its companies within its structure therefore rumor has it it's preparing for the share swap deal with b.p. also banks are quite strong burbank is up one percent bt b. is also not far way behind and poorly installed is up one point three percent on the my sex let's take a look at why this is happening this is because police called an angle mining ashanti close to reaching a deal which would make all. it's called one of the biggest companies in the gold mining sector. russian stock exchanges r.t.s. and the my stocks are going to merge in two years' time that's according to the president of nice x. the boss will

car shares a high after new car registrations rose in march germany and the from. russia markets also in trading in the black of night excluding around one point the root of hard five percent there are just one point three percent that's after losing four percent monday individual shares the most energy stocks are on the rise with ross now after gaining almost three percent their banking stocks are also high as were banged up around one percent and gold of course is gaining on reports holds and talks with a new more mining and anglo gold ashanti on the possible merger this deal could make the russian company one of the world's top gold mining significant commodity itself now it's coming down by just not sure from the new record highs see that for two hundred ninety five dollars almost pro-choice although it's slipping back good mounting inflation around the globe and concerns of the u.s. that are still standing investors so look at something with more value silver is also close. to a thirty year highs. and also a decline with seeing for the second session in a row

for example we don't rein in our spending germany by the way currently spends three times more than the us on social programs devoting more than twenty one percent of their g.d.p. to their people or we can only part was seven percent of our g.d.p. they are people and germany is booming economy because they have big government program kept people employed through the banking crisis but that doesn't matter to the cons. i just want to cut spending moving us daily more and more in the direction and frankly becoming smaller we love to compare ourselves to the rest of the world and after world war two all the way up until one nine hundred eighty those comparisons made america look really good but today compared to the rest of the world america is the runt other than being number one in military might by distinction we all page huge amounts for there is much to brag about in the rest of the developed nations are doing better than america in terms of life expectancy drug abuse teen pregnancies infant mortality crime violence you name a social ill america leads the rest of the developed worl